Abstract: A keg positioning system is provided having a flexible portion of an internal spear for beverages dispensed from the internal cavity of a beverage keg. The flexible portion enables use of the keg in both a vertical or horizontal orientations, with minimal waste of the beverage. A frame may also be employed to provide for vertical stacking of multiple kegs above a support floor space sized for the lowest frame in the stack.

Abstract: Knowledge engineering methodology and tools are applied to the problems of data quality and the process of data auditing. Business rules and data conventions are represented as constraints on data which must be met. The data quality system and process of the present invention functions to allow good data to pass through a system of constraints unchecked. Bad data, on the other hand, violate constraints and are flagged. After correction, this data is then fed back through the system. Advantageously, constraints are added incrementally as a better understanding of the business rules is gained.